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Apr ? 2m* 15
G O Vi ORR'S LAST MESSAGE.
On Tuesday, the 7th, in pursuance of an
invitation from both Houses, Gov. Ona com
municated to the Legislature his last Message
as Governor of South Carolina? We have
not space for the Message entire, but here
with publish copious extracts therefrom :
Gentlemen of the Senate
and J louse of Representatives :
Whiie no legal official relation ixl?ts be
tween the present Executive and the Genei
al Assembly, I avail myself of the opportuni
ty to communicate to jour respective bodies
the information and statistic? which have
come to my knowledge during ray adminis
tration, pertaiuiug to the material and edu
cational interests of South Carolina. The
reports herewith transmitted to you lrorn the
various executive offices, and ethers connect
ed with the public institution, embrace a
period between the adjournment of the last
session of the General Assembly, in lrG??,
and the present time. They constitute a
part of the archives of the country, and
without them there would be a void in the
history of the various departments io which
they refer, during the time indicated.
The reuorts of most of thc officers of the
Stute, and of those connected with public
institutions, have been brought up to tue 1st
lay of May, under the impression that my
administration would cease about the middle
of that month.
Without further preliminary observations,
[ proceed to call }*our attention to the sever
il subjects matter of public interest, and to
such other tacts as may facilitate the dis
charge of your duties as Legislators.
TH? PUBLIC DUST.
By reference to the report of the Comp
troller-General, addressed to this Department
jn the 25th ol' November, 1 c*t?7. a copy of
[vbich is herewith transmitted, it will be
seen that the entire public debt of thc State,
;n the 1st day of October la>t, together wi;h
.be interest which bad accrued up to the
?sine dale, amounted to $<s 378.205.04. De
luding from this sum all the bonds and
?tocks issued between 18li0 and 18G5 for
nilitary purposes, and the interest on the
;ume, amounting to $2.S5-i G79 08, the di bt
lue by the State on the 1st of October lust
vas $5.523.57o'.5f>. Of t his sum ?5.407,215 23
a the principal, and ftl 10,361.33 is interest.
kV hile ibis ?lebt is small as compared with
hat of many other States, yet, in the pres
?nt impoverished condition of the people of
south Carolina, thc annual payment of $?331 j
114 3D, which is the interest upon the debt
it 0 per cent, in addition to the maintenance
if the Stau- government, would be excessive
y oppressive.
TAXES AMI TAXATION.
No duty is ever devolved up >n the leg'shi
or involving such delicate KIMI ?Hiniticd int
erests as t at which look-, to the etea!i (if
. just and tquilable system of taxation^ It
san accpted truth in poli'ical economy,
hat in levying taxes upon the people, it
hould bo done in a manner which will ena- ? tl
ile theth 1o j ay the .'ame with the greatest {Ij
icility, and without unnecessary oppression, j ii
'u? .-adden change in the system ol labor i t
rhicb h>;s prevailtd in South Carnliua for so
nany year ; the d.*s?ruction of f:i-:re~tban
ine-ba!f of t?? estimated wealth ol' the State
?y the abolition c-f slavery; tho devastation |
if cities, town-, villages, farms und linnie
leads, by the ravages of war. and by invi
ting and retreating armies: the disastrous..
Irougbt which existed thr-jughout. the State | ^
ti 1800, cutlirg off almost entirely the cot- | j
on and greatly reducing the provision crop, j
hereby rendering it neee-sary to purchase j '
arge supplies from abroad for the subsistence
if the population; the great reduction, iu
nany sections of tho State, of the cotton
.top of IsiT, by the spoliation of the catcr
lillar and boll worm; and the pressure of
lebte contracted anterior to the war, when
be basis of wealth and credit was so esscu
ially different from that w'jich exists at the
>reseut time, admonish us that tue people of
south Carolina are unable to bear a burden
)f taxation which, prior to the accumulation
if thess misfortunes, would have been deem
id moderate aud inconsiderable. Whether
bcrelbrc, you look to thc contentment ol* the
jopulation. or tuc material prosperity of the
State, it is the dictate of wisdom that you .
?hould exercise the most rigid economy md j j
'?ducc expenses by curtailing salaries and '
iispeiising with ull appropriations not abso
lutely necessary ta the administration of the
State government.
The taxation of the present and preceding
year has beou a subject matter of great com
plaint. The large number of tracts of land,
?ts well as other property, levied upon by
Sheriff's in the various District-, for the non- i
payme.it of taxes, unmistakably evinces the j
extreme difficulty encountered by citizens in
raising money to meet tbiv demand of the
State. Whenever taxation becomes thus op
pressive upou a population, its influence can
not but prove disastrous, because in tends
first to demoralizitioii, tu dishonesty, to the
making ol fuNe return*; and secondly, it is
calculated to drive from the State a valuable j J
portion of the community, to seek other lo- .
entities where the remuneration of labor and
capital is not puratyz d by such heavy bur- '
Lien--.
The expenses of the Convention, and of
the present session vi your Legislature
whose labors cauuot, in justice to the various
changes proposed io thu new Constitution,
be terminated short of four months-willi of
themselves, add lo the expenses of the Stalo
not less than two hurdred and fifty thousand
Icllais. Thc judiciary system, which y??
*re requited, uud?r the Constitution, to put
into operation, will prove much more expen
sive than that which now exists, and add to
.hese burdens.
To illustrate : the expenses of grand jurors
for the city of Charleston, and tor thu coun
try, assuming that they are occupied but
three days at each term, will b* $13,824.
For petit jurors for tho Court ol' Sessions,
threo terms for the city and country, as.su
ming an average of five days per tenn, So)
ri 18. Fur petit jurors fbr Colins of Com'
1'leas, city and cuuntiy. two tenus, five
per term, $ol5ti0; making a total expendi
ture for jurors ahme, under the new Cous'ii
tution, of $'.i'J.224.
The whole expense for jurors and con-ta
bits for the y<?u ending ]-t October, 1807,
(and this includes them for the ?islrict
Courts.) amounted to only $42,292 88 ; show
ing a necessary in?rense of expense lor this
service alone of $?5ij 931 12.
This evil may be obviated to some extent
by modifying -he law so as to provide for
panels not exceeding eighteen in number for
grand jurors;, and twenty-four petit jurors, f
with authority to supply thp deficiency at the j.
term cf thc Court, -.hould there be any, by j
drawing tales jurors. j
The ext.ens" of dieting prisoners will not i.
be less than ?50.000 ; for continuing the con- j
struction of the Penitentiary and for guard
ing and subsisting convicts; not less than I(
$75.000 ; for salarie-i, according to estimates, j 1
!j>S0,COO ;' for contingent accounts, $0*0,000 ;
for public printing, $10,000 ; for contingent
fund of the Executive Department, ?20.000; !
for the Lunatic Asylum, $20,000 ; for thc 1
University, $12.000: for claims against the t
State, $10.000 ; for other expenses, ordinary i
and extraordinary, $-10,000; making a sum i
total ol ig; 170,'. 24-: to which add for cxp^a- |
ses of the Legislature, $150,000 for deficit ]
the present year under General Ganny's tax
order; ending October }, 18G8, #100,000 dol- I
Isrs; and $?331,414.59-being the interest on 1 -
i .M III 1 ni- ?I?. III ii iiiii?nii?iiau-?tmMi
the State debt due 1st October, L8C8
the amount to be raised by taxation will r<
the enormous ??um of $1,057,038.50, wit!
oue dollar being appropriated for free sch
To redeem the Billa Receivable, which
be outstaudiug on the 1st day of Octi
next, to pay the interest upon the State <
which may bc due at that time, and to
nish sufficient funds to carry cn the op
tions of the State Government uutil the ti
may be collected in the spring of 1869,1
commend that 1,000,000 dollars be borro
by the State upon bonds, provided thc bc
can be disposed of at no grouter discount t
twenty per cent.
lt is now believed by the financial offi<
of the State, in which opinion I concur, t
thc tax order of Gen. Cauby, together v?
the tax levied by the Convention, will
realize to the Treasury more than #375.0
There is one striking and even alarming f
with reference lo thc pecuniary and finam
soudition of the State, to which it i? h
proper to advert. Notwithstanding the or
jfGen. Canby provided for a more parti
ar and accurate assessment of real estate I
cresent year, than h;ts been made heretofo
i revision of the assc-sments shows a v?
:onsiderab!c decline in the value of all r
isiale and town properly. Lauds iu the coi
ry are worth from fifty to one hundred |
:eut. less than they were on tho 1st. of Si
kember, 1805. Nearly as great a deprec
ion exists in the village?, towns and cities
he State, especially where tho lots are r
,'ielding rents. The above estimate, which
viii be necessary Or you to provide for, ui
jraces only tho ordinary expenses of liie St.'
rovernments, and does not include tue arnon
?ecessary for ?Vee or public schools. Ift
axes of the present year proved oppres.>i
o all branches of industry in the State, ai
fielded but three hundred and sevcnty-fi
housand doliurs, the expenditures of the ne
?ear should, if possible, be curtailed by tl
eduction of salaries and otherwise, so as u
o exceed that sum, exclusive of the inten,
in the public debt.
By the new Constitution the poll tax is r
?nired tc he appropriated exclusively to ed
aliona! purposes j and, under ilia circu?
tancer, it would be unwise, in my judtjtnen
o appropriate any other sum.
The taxing power is always a delicate or
0 manage, at d is invariably rewarded by tl
ax payer with jealousy' In the recent poli
2al changes that have occurred, the fact cai
iOt be denied that the General As-cmbly at
he representative of a very incousiderabl
iroportion of the property holders and ta:
layers of the State. Thc colored pupulatioi
riio constitute tue lairg? majority of voter
isive little property ; arid yoi all the expansiv
lachinery of courts, juries, j lils and Hie Pei
r?htiary, is as much to gtve protection t
heir persons end property as to the lax-pay
r himself; and it would seem to be on!
ight and proper that some portion rd' lui
Kirden-of.taxaiiou should bo borne hy thi
tost numerous eia>* ol' awiv y. 'I tbe Gen
.*ul As-cmbly, regardless < I' I hose views
houM levy lb-: entire lax of t?o Stale roa?
roperfy, it would necessarily hud to uric
insatisfaction add discontent among the das
?US taxed-very canny '-f whom are imf on
! prohibited from filling any official position
1 the State, bul art.- actually excluded iron
HQ privilege of the elective franchise.
HF. li.VNK OK Til E STATE OK SOUTH CA PO 1.1 NA
In C'timatiug tLe c infiti^mT'T?ar?ili?ec n
ie State, ihe iii>f? s ?-sued by the Hank of thi
?'ito of S uth Carolina, am 'urning, accord
j,' to the report of the Pref ?dru t lo the Le?
dat ure, dated Isl of ?Clober, 18?l?. to $v?,
(?7,549,51, wore not embiaecd, fvr the io .MO
!iat, i.i my j olgmcnt, there ii no legal lia
?lily devolved upon thc Siato to make goo.
ny portion of thia i?sue. This report show
hal ibo issues ut the Bank ol' notes undei
ne dollar, up io and since ISC1. RlM?Uiili
lone to the enorm us sum ol 709,000 d d
irs. it is not stated what .ara in bills abovi
lie denomination of one dollar w*ro issue<l
?ter Pecemb?r, 1300; bul it is believed '.hui
very large amount was advanced to tlx
,'onfederate Govetrn: en!.
The new Const i tut jun, in ene of il- clause?
xpressly prohibits the payment of any debt
contractei] iii Behalf'of tho ?ate reb-?Ilion."
n thc present inst ?nee, i; is impossible tr
li-tinguish what bills were issued prior ;o and
ince the beginning of tho war.. If, however,
io objection of this ?ort exis'cd, there would
ie, in my opinion, n > liability on tho pirt of
he Stute to redeem any portion of these bills,
t is true, that the capita! wan orig'nally fur
ilshed by tuc State, but llie Bink wa? an in
orporated institution, liable to sue and he
ued, and the bill-holders can enforce Hie
ame remedies against it and nuke i'3 assets
?able as against any other hawk. The obli
vion cf the State to receive bank bills in
he payment of ti,\es. is qualified by th" pro
vision that the banks must he specie-paying
uslitulious, and no such obligation exists mi
ess the notes are redeemed io specie.
A Bill has already been li'ed in thc Court
if Chancery for Charleston District, by Dab
12V, .Nf organ & Co., bill-hold rs, agiinst th?
President and Directors of the Bank of tba
Jtite of South Carolina. The Attorney-Gon
mil Called my attention to I he fact und de
irod to know whether it was my purpose to
lave an answer filed in behalf of the State.
Entertaining llie opinions already expressed
hat (herc is no liability 0:1 llie part of thc
Slate, I instructed the Attorney-General that
t was my determination to take no notice
vhutever ot the proceedings. If the General
Assembly should arrive at a different conclu
lion, they can adopt such a course as will in
ure the ri presentation of (he Sta e by coun
ci upon the trial of the cause.
Tho Governor given considerable attention
0 the Greenville anl Columbia and Blue
lidge railroads, au 1 the Penitentiary, which
>apers are cf mach interest, bjt loo lengthy
or ihc crowded stale of our columns.
THE LUNATIC ASVI.UM.
The report of the Regents of the Lunatic
Asylum, covering the reports of Dr. J. NV.
Parker, the Superintendent and Physician,
ind of John Wades, E.q., the Treasurer, is
cewith communicated for your information.
The report pr Br. Parker shows that at the
jommencement of the year, tho number ol
jatietils was 142; Sj were received dining
,he year ; making a total of 217. Of thia
lumber, 41 have died, or have been dis
marged, leaving now in the institution 187
jatients--120 of these are paupers, and Cl
ire paying their own expenses. Of males
herc arc SS ; of females 99.
Thc affairs of the institution havo been ad
n mistered with great a?ility, medicaliy,
inancinlly and industrially. The long expe
dience of thc Superintendent, in treating (lis
iases of the mind, qualifies him pre-eminent
y for the discharge of the important and del
cato duties of that position; and his succesa
u all tho departments of thc institution, will
ximparo favourably with that which has
ibaracterized tho management qf any similar
nstitution in the United States. I invoke
br it your favourable consideration, and re
:jinmend thc usual appropriations for its
naintenance.
? * a * ? * i
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
By Act of December, 18G?, tho South Caro
ina College was converted intq a University,
md schools established for teaching physical
ind moral science. In 18CC, tho law and
nodical schools were created, and the insti
tution aince October, 18C7, has been in com
jlete and successful operation.
The report of the Chairman of the Facul- |
ly, herewith transmitted, shows . '"
whole number of matriculates in the Univer
sity siuce October is 115. The extended
course of study which has been introduced ns
a part of the Pniversity system, and the in- j
corporation of tho medical and law schools
therewith, promise to largely increase the j
number of students and the benefits of the
institution. The annual expenses under the !
University plan lr.ve been greatly reduced,
tho appropriation for professors now being j
but $10.000, while under the college system |
j the appropriations yearly amounted to -more !
' than $20,000. The partial self-suppo.-ting
character of the University subserves the !
double purpose of reducing the expenditure j
and of stimulating more activity and energy !
amone the professors in the performance of :
their duties, each one being interested in in
creasing thc numbers in his respective classes, j
Another feature which commends the present j
over the former system is, that one student
from each County of the State, to be de>ig
nated by the delegation therefrom, is entitled
to attend the lectures free of charge for tui
tion, use of library and room rent. This, to
a great extent, is compensation to the State
for the appropriation made from the Treasu
ry for the support of the institution.
I commend thc University to your patron- ; t
age, under the firm belief that it may be built
up as a high seat of learning for South Caro
lina, .iud continue to diffuse knowledge and
education among her young men.
Entertaining the conviction that the ming
ling of thc races at tho lectures of tho uni
versity will defeat both in their efforts to se
cure an education, and impair the usefulness
of the institution, I suggest ihn propriety aud
wisdom of appropriating the present Univer
sity to the white race, and nf establishing j j
another college or university fort.be colored
race. Hy this means all disagreeable colli
sions and tumult, resulting from association,
will be avoided. The Citadel, in Charleston,
is admirably'adapted for the purpose la-t
named, and can be readily transformed into
an educational institution. It cain.ot be
doubted that white as well as coloured youth
with prosecute their studies with much more
profit, separate from each other, than in an
institution where antagonism will surely pre
vail.
The Asylum for the Education of the Deaf
and Dumb and thc Blind, for tvaut ol funds,
was suspended in October last.
Tim Governor says: "I am not prepared" J (
to recommend an appropriation lor re-opening
thu instil inion during the present, or succeed
ing year, in view of the great embarrassment
surrounding the people of the State; but au
thority should ; i granted by the Legislature
to the Governor, iq rent or lease the build
ings for two years or more, so that he may
avail himself of any opportunity that may
pre=<- i? ?Well of securing a tenant who wi?
pro* the premise", and keep them in necea
sarv repair until the finances of the State
shall justify tho re organization of the insti
tution.
Tho Governor is in favor of all practicable
emigration schemes, and hopes to see a line
of steamers established to ply between Charles
ton :^nd thc ports of Germany, Ireland, and
Northern Europe.
The New Slate House receives passing no
iic,-->, and the Governor recommends that am
appropriation be made to fit up a sufficient!
portion of thc building to accommodate the^l [
Legislature, 1:3 (tirilier, jre. ? -
Tlir. CRIMINAL LAW.
The codification of the criminal law of t':;e
State i? very necessary, not so mu?h for the
purpose i l dedaring additional or defining
existing ?.fl;:ricc1', as for the purpose ol' pre- ]
scribing orno uniform scheme of punishment (
adapted to thc various crimes and misde- \
monitors. Quite a number of offences arc
puni-diable by detth, which, since thc estab
lishment of lue Penitentiary, might be pun
ished, by imprisonment, at hard labour, in j j
that inslitnilyii. Murder, arson, and one or j j
two other crinea of thc greatest gravity, are
exceptions j .lit)t there is no doubt that the
incarceration within thu walls of a S'ate Pris
on will 'nc an adrqnate ptinWhment for crimes
of lesser magnitude. A general codification
of.'all of the laws of the State, civil ami crimi
nul, supervised by *'. lawyers nf ability,'' would
prove a great blessing to the people, and at
leasr. place the Statutory law within reach of
every ?ul el ??gent man in the State. This will
be a work uf time b>.t it cannot be proceeded
with at.too early a day.
SilERIFFd.
There is an evil which has grown to such
magnitude within tho last two years, that
some remedy is absolutely necessary. The
number of escapes of prisoners from the vari
ous jtils rf the State, during this period, has
been nearly 400. The result is due partly
to the insecurity of tho buildings and partly j
to the neglect ol the Sheriffs and jajlors hnv
ing them in thargo. The Commissioners of
Public Buildings should be required, by more
stringent laws than now exist, to keep these j r
prisoners in a secure condition ; and as to the
liability of Sheriffs, tho experience of the
past demonstrates that all the Ipgislatjon here
tofore adopted lo enforce the performance of
their duty, has been without avail. No Shel
bi has been convicted, to my knowledge, of
official misconduct in South Curoliua for thir
ty years ; and very many who have held ihe
position have c rlainly been guilty of misfea
sance and malfeasance in ofhee. If it is de
sired to secure from those officials an efficient
performance of dut}-, authority should be con
ferred upon the Governor, when complaint
is satisfied of its justice, to remove such dc
faulting offl cr by proclamation, and order a
ney/ el-q'ion to stjpp?y the vapancy. Ii ac
tion is postponed until Courts present and
juries convict, the pvil never, will bo corrected.
LANDS SOLD KOIl TAX KS.
The failure of parties to pay the taxes I i
levied upon them by thc Acts of 18fij and j <
IS tS ti has caused quite a large number of ex- 1
ecuMons to be placed iu the hands of the i
Sheriffs of thc respectivo districts. In some I
localities combinations were formed, so that t
when ?and was ottered for sale by tho Sheriff t
no bid was made, und the State was thereby
defeated-althou:h these parties had suffi- e
cient property to satisfy the executions-in \
realizing the'amount of taxes dup. To ob,- 1
viatc'this difficulty, General Cunby issued t
General Orders, No. 03 (April 8, ?SoSjdi- i
rccting that thc land should be sold by the c
Sherill' for tho term of seven years ; that he s
should bid for it himself tho amount of taxes g
and costs, including costs of executing, stamp- f
ing and recording the deed, for the use of r
the State j that if no higher bid waa offered, t
tho property should be knocked down to the j
Sheriff and conveyed by the Sheriff to the \
State for the term of seven years aforesaid, c
The Sheriff was required to havo the deed
recorded in the office of the Clerk of the c
Court of the District in which thc' land wa9 I
situated, forthwith, and within two weeks c
thereafter transmit tho original deed to the c
Treasurer, who was required to enter an ab- ?
stract of the deed und tho amount of the t
consideration. Whereupon thc deed was to t
be filed and recorded in tho office of the t
Secretary of State. The Governor was nu- t
thorned, after the expiration of thirty days
from the receipt of thc deed by the Treasurer,
aud. until otherwise provided by law, to rent 8
the land for the period of one year ; provided t
that if tte tax-payer should,' within thirty f
day , pay to the Treasurer the whole amount ti
of taxes and costs, including recording and 6
twenty-five per cent, upon such full amount, \
thoo .e deed should bo cancelled; with a i
. -ner proviso, that if the samo should not i
be paid within thirty days, then the owner i
of tljte property should ho allowed to redeem
ihe?me within ono year sffpr ih.-1 date of
its.^Hf, hy paying tb? whole of th."? lax and |
C0??K together with fifty per cent, uf tho j
atftflnt additional ; and if not. redeemed |
witlnn one year from the day of sale, then ?
the^?i?'i;i.lature was authorized to "deter-j
mine, by law, thc conditions upon which the ]
same mc.y he adeemed by the former owner
dorins the remaining term of the seven years
for.which it was sold."
Inder this order of General Cunby, sales
have been repor'ed and deed.? filed willi the .
Treasurer of four tracts of land i^ Green-j
vill'e'Bisti?ct and fifteeu tracts in Collcton ;
District. Others will, perhaps, be filed du- j
ring' tho present and succeeding month.
Y oar attention is, therefore, called to the j
ord^r and io the action which has already ta
ken- place, and which may hereufer lake
piaffe under it, to the end that the necessary
legislation contempla!ed by the order may
DO enacted.
juni ES.
The duly will be devolved upon you of pro
riding by statute lor thc selection of suitable
DSWons to act as Grand aud Petit Jurors in
ibfr various Courts of this State. Por more
hon fifty years in South Carolina the requi
nte for placing the name of a citizen upon
?h? jury list from which jurors were to be
iritwn was the payment, the preceding1 year, j
)F-'a tax of, or above, one dollar. In ? 859,
Injury law wa? amended, so that every pcr
;oa who was entitled by tho Constitution of
bb State to vote for members of the l>gi?Ia
>a*e, " and who shall have paid the year prc
ising thc sitting of a Court, at which a new
Uly hst shall be made, a tax of any amount
vhutever (or property held in his own right,1'
vils liable to serve as a grand and petit juror.
Chu military orders which have been issued
4 this District, require every lax-payer's name
0 he placed in the jury box, from which the
lirors aro to be drawn, .md when drawn, thc
(ndge is invested with the power of setting
uside any number of the panel, for want of
oental or moral fitness to perform thc duties.
. When the importance of composing these
?dies of persons ol' intelligence is reinem- (
lered, too mucb carr? cannot bo taken in
barding ingresa into the jury hex, by such
tandards ol' qualification and character as
rill protect it from all suspicion cf incompe
ency or corruption. The dearest right of a
itizea is oftentimes decided by the jury,
/fe, liberty and property ii in the keeping of
hese persons, and if there bo a lacie of un
lerstanding, a natural inability to comprehend
.uti weigh evidencf, to unravel tho perjuries
ind misconceptions of witnesses, and a want
if education sullicieut to comprehend the law
if the ca>e as expounded by the Judge, the
nost fearful consequences may iv.-uit to the
itliz ?. The standard should be two fold
-predicated upon intelligence and inleg
Ity. At all times, a sufficient number of
lersons may be found in every District pf tho
'tate, who will correspond with the high
tandan! that may be adopted by you ; and
he confidence which intelligence in the jury
?ox wili inspire among tho population, iii thc
duiini>traiion of public justice and the set
leinen i of controversies between private citi
;ens, will g"ii great ways towards implanting
espect and reverence for the judii ature of
he country.
Heretofore, it was not deemed necessary lo
irovide by law for purging the jury, either
brough the jury list or by the Judge upon
u~..?,i., imf ir is h hvsti-m which has been
traci ice?] for many yeats in the adjoining
states. There, a man t?<o ignorant to cuni
irchend the causes likely to como before a
ary, or too corrupt, depraved or diahonest lo
...oder a Just verdict, is sei aside by the
fudge aiul-r this general authority, which al
.jws no one to be emranucled who docs not
udiil tue r?quireiucms of integrity and intel
igenee. In nome of the States, the tax lUts
ire revised by the County Courts, and thc
u -st worthy und intelligent citizens ure se
ectcd, ulid their names nie placed in the
my-box, from which the pane!* ave drawn,
n other v j' tho Slate-;, a jury board has been
treated and i.onsis soft lie District officers, ttl
vit: the Cl=ik, Sherill', Judge of Probate and
fax Collector. ThhSii of?icers iV?ng elected
ly the p J"p1rt, are presumed to have such '
?eneral knowledge of every tax payer, as wili
m able, them to select from the list proper
larsons, whose uauies are to by placed in thc
ury-box.
I, therefore, n'Comnend that n similar j -.rv
joard be organized bi this S'^rt* from the Dis
rict iJJicera, who, from thc li.-t of tax payers,
nay proceed to s?lect pi rsons whose mental
jualifications atr.1 moral character /it '.hem
or this delicate ami respoufriiVc duty ; and
bat only the names ot ruell persons be placed
n the jory box. with further authority to ti;e
fudge, that if hy accident or otherwise, per
ous are drawn who do not meet these re
tirements, to strike their names from the
Janel and not allow them to be sworn.
*' * * ' ?? <i a
[lOWEStEA'p lUw.IKl'.
The provisions of ?lie new' Constitution
vhich fcOcur?s a homestead to each bead cf
1 farr.ily not excced'mg in value $1000, to
fi-ther with the products thereof, and aNo
jt?Q? worth of other personal property, is a
vise und humane measure, and should induce
?our early attention in the passage ol'an Act
lirectiug the manner in which tho details
nay be carried out. The great advantage ol
his measure is, that while it identifies every
?itizen with the soil ?md nourishes his love of
state and country, il is likewise un induce
uent to the labourer to save his oarnings and
nvest them in u permanent residence, whete
lis wife and children may have shelter and
iro'.ection. Equally sagacious is the provis
on which secures to the married woman her
jmperty held at the time of marriage, 4,or
vhich she may afterwards acquire by gift,
;raut, inheritance, devise, or otherwise." lu
nost of the States of -be Union this law has
ong prevailed, and doubtless it would haye
/.?en incorporated among the statutes of South
karolina; had not its necessity been obviated
>y the more inconvenient and cumbrous
nethod of conveying such property for the
lenefit of married woineu in trunt, whereby
hey were secured in their property free from
he debts and control of the husband.
This feature of the new Constitution, how
iver, is more himpl? and ompreheusive, and
ybjle it inay be objected that Ljotb it and the
lomcstead exemption will have the tendency
o affect credit, there <?an be no question that
f stich be the result, it will operate beneli- ?
:ially upon society. Nothing, perhaps, has
o much clogged the prosperity of persons en
;aged in agricultural pursuits in the South,
br many years past, as the unlimited credit
esorted to by those who always antiejna.to
ho products of thejr fagins fjnd plantation? a
ear in advance. Jt this evil be checked, it
viii redound greatly to the benefit of all
liasses.
Some doubts have been expressed as to the
?onstitutionality of the provisions of the
lomestead law, when applied to debts already
fisting ? but Q careful examination of this
locutions which have been made in other
states settles the question beyond peradven
ture, that the Grneral Assembly bas the au
hority to apply the exemption to existing
lebts, even such as may now be in judgment
md execution, as well as to future debts,
ft ? *. * * *
The provisions, iliereiorf), of the now Con- j
titution, securing n home-tead and certain j
irticles of property for the benefit of each j
amily, is sanctioned by the highest judicial
tuthoritv in New York, Michigan, Maasnchu
etts and other States, as well as by legal I
vriters of eminent' ability ; and thore is no j
easonable doubt that any buy wb,i?,'u may be J
jassed by you, io carry into effect thc humane :
mentions of the homestead exemption, will '
be sanctioned by the Conrt of this State fi:
of the United State?.
Rut even were the question doubtful, umb
thy theory of (lie Reconstruction Act-, tbs
thu late Confederate Stares are ? ut of th
Union, and bpyond the operation nf the Cor
stilution of thc United States, tho adoption <
this provision prior to thc admission ol Som
Carolina, would (?lill be strictly valid, on th
ground taken by thc Supreme Court of th
United Stares-namely, that Stale laws piase
prior to 1789, impairing the obligation of con
tracts, were valid, inasmuch as the Conslitu
tioti had not, previous io that time, exercise)
any rvsrruining influence upon the States.
The indebtedness of very many of tho bes
citrus ul the State, I he destruction of pro
perty. and the geneial disasters that have en
.sued, render this Homc-teud Aci and ?ts ac
companying exemption, indi-pcnsable to tin
peace and happiness of thousands of fimilic
within the limits of S 'Util Carolina; and m
more generous or acceptable s'atuie can bi
parsed by the General Assembly, thun tha
which will at once apply the benefits of thi:
law to ull txixting, us wei! as future liabilities
whether they bo in the natute ol'judgments
executions or otherwise.
Further measures of relief from the pres
sure of indebtedness will be required ; anc
inasmuch as ihe courts are to be reorganized
and new duties to be assigned to the Sheriff?
it would be wise to allow the present crop U
be gathered and marketed before claims ari
permitted to be enforced.
I, therefore, recommend that alLSberiff.i bt
prohibited from enforcing executions in theil
offices, upon d?b;s contracted prior to thcfirsl
day of .lay. I8(j5; and lhat Judges be like
wise restrained, until the tirat day of March
1 SCO, from givii:g judgments in all such cases,
EDUCATION.
rjndor the new Constitution, the office ol
State Superintendent of ?ducation has been
created, and al*o that o? a School Commis
sioner for each County-the Superintendent
and Commissioners constituting the State
Board of Education. Tho first named officer
has airead}' been elecied, and will doubtless
enter upon the discharge ot his duties as soon
as thoy are deGncrl by law.
A commendable interest, is manifested bv
all class?? of our people in the establishment
nf "Cuoo'is ; and the desire is general that
larger facilities than heretofore, shall he fur
nished for this purpose. To devise a scheme
adapted ?o the wants ol S mut Carolina, and
applicable alike to city, viii gc ot thinly popu
lated country, will requi-ca very full investi
gatiou of details, and not a little acquaintance
with the various localities of the State.
Hence, un'ess great care is taken, no plan
adopted is likely to result in bein fit at all
commensurate with the great expense to be
entailed upon tax payers,
The Constitution provides that " there shall
be kept open at least six months in each
year one ur more schools in each school dis
trict/' Gentlemen of intelligence, who were
members of the Convention, believe .hat the
fair construction of this seetion will author
ize, when ihe system is matured, the estab
lishment of separate schools fur the white
and coloured children of the S'ate. Another
sectio.t however, declares that "all the ptib.ic
schools, colleges and universities of th:s State,
.supported in whole or in part ly the public
fund.-., shall be free r.nfl open lo all the chi!
dren and youths of the State, without regard
to race ol colour/'
Tf it shall be attempted to establish schools
where both picea are to be tungin, no provis
ion being made lor their Reparation, the
whole system will resnll in a disastrous fail
ure. The prejudice of race, whether just
or unjust, exi.-t in fol! force not more in
South Carolina than in New England and thc
West. In tiio iast named localities separate
schools are provided for white and coloured
children, and in a com mutiny were tb so
prejudices prevail in so strong a degree, bow
tp-i'uasQn&hla it is ro attempt tue orgauizi
tiim of mixed schools'/ It cannot, but result
in constant tends and c ?IlWons between the
childi cn, in which the pren's, respectively,
will necessarily take up thc quarre:, and en
tire Communities tims be involved in nonti?
ita] tumult-the cousi qcenceof the mi-judged
uifbrt.s i-f unwise persons.
lt is the more remark".bin that such aclau-e
should have been inserted m the Coi stitution,
when no necessity exi.-?'.-d lor making such a
reckless experiment lt was demi tided by
neither thc coloured no:' the white race, anti
if suhmi'tr. I io I betr decision, the idea of mix
ed Rchools wolli-! bave been overwhelmingly
repudiated by both, l! ?I is attempted tuen
force the law in those secti-ms of f ie country
where ihe coloured population preponderate;
the white children will be driven from the
schools : and in th Se sections where the whoo
population preponderate, the coloured children
wiil likewise In d it hnposjihla. to i- num in
the sn'oy rootn. Io the new rela?on b-tween
the two races there already exist causes
enough for bickering and controversy, and the
prudence of grown people is taxed to its ie::
sion to prevent, disagreeable antagonisms.
How mncli less will such prudence cbsr^ct^f
iz-; Un; relation between phi ld 1^:1 ot t't.e two
races under the same roof. No greater eru
elty could bi; indicted by legislation upon the
parents of children of lw:? races, than that
which is contemplated by ibis objectionable
feature of the Constitution. Indeed, tbe ming
ling of ihn two races in ibo same school room,
in the face of known and uncompromising
pr?judices 0:1 the 'mljeet. seems to have been
a wanton ?nd offensive effjrt to enforce, by
law, asocial equality which wilj never be recog
nized or submitted to by the Caucasian race.
I, therefore, earnestly recommend that, io
adopting an eoucstictml system, care be ta
ken to provide for the white and coloured
youl hs separate places of instruction. At the
same lim??, in the nume of peace and of the
happiness pf the people, I protest against this
amak'amation.
* * * * * *
The Governor concludes his admirable
Message thus:
Most reverently, I invoke lim guidance of
an Omniscient God in all of your delibera
tiona, to the end that the ma'erial and moral, I
the physical a?d intellectual, the coiqrqerpiaj
and indqstrjal intprcsts of the ?State may bc
rqade prosperous and successful ; and that
thc ravages which war hns so ruthlessly scat
tercd, may be speedily obliterated, and the
State be permitted once more to enter upon
an honourably and progressive career.
Mother'.? Grr?yc
av J. K. c.
Why scok for lino or sentiment
To place ahovo her clay ?
There is no marble white enouch
lier yirtues to c}i?p]ay.
t'ht^ro is no language strong enough,
Our sorrow to portray
Hut tho sacred name of Mother
Says all that words can say,
And is the fullost tribute
That loving hearts cnn mij.
'I'hen uarvo upon thc taV.et
That marks her placo of rest,
Tho word we learned to utter
Aa we bung upon ber bronst,
And in that simple uttorance
Our fondest love expressed.
For tho hallowed naigo cf Mothor
I'o us was truly blessod ;
Then carvo in enduring letrera
Tbe name we loved the best.
Vieira of Two Colored Demorrafs.
At the T?iilroftd Celebraron on "Le i?ji af
Batcsrlllo, jur-t before thr? Hurtling flnstd
two colored men from Columbia, Piensan!
G.^de (formerly 'of this place, il we mistake
not,J iitiJ Wm. Storrs, addressed the crowd,
a synopsis of whose speeches, furnished by
the correspondent of the Charleston Aeww
will be found below :
SrfiKCil OK PLEASANT COODK.
The Speakern appearance did not belie his
nat.:'.'. He had a pleasant lace, a pieasmt
manner anti a good vuice. In commencing,
he announced himself ai a colored Democrat,
and said th >ugh called upon very unexpec
tedly, be was always nady lo ut:er his sen
timents up:>n the subject which -eemed io
lill rdl hearts, lie was not au educated man,
out in such homely patoso ?.? he could com
mand, tte desi;ed lo impress, especially upo :
ibo colored portion ot the atidieuco, the great
fact that their truest and best iriends were
those, who were born upon the soil and iden
lilied with die real interests of the State
the white men-the Democrats, so called, of
Souih Carolina. Who, he asked, can you
trust, if nut yonr owu people? Cats you
trust ;he carpel-bagirerd and scalawaggers of
the coumry, who never knew what it was to
pay a live cent tax at home, and live on what
they plunder here? What do they care for
you? I'll tell you. Because you help them
to fill their carpet-bags with "rocks.'' Now,
in the next election lor President of the Uni
ted States, I want you to dr<<p these men like
Ashley, and the whole crowd that are in the
State. Stick to your own people. The Rad
icals tell you that by voting the Democratic
ticket, you vote yourselves back iuto slavery.
It ain't so. You ure slaves alreudy. You
cau't he worse, ami just fio long as you vote
the Radical ticket they will use you like slaves.
They want your votes to give thecir.elves offi
ces. They want to get licit ut vour expense.
They want '.'verylhini.' for themselves und no
thin;; for thc-, poor negro. That's .Radicalism.
Why, I would rather be a slave with my old
ma.ster. Ile used to take care cf me, sick
and well, and if he occasionally i:bysted'' mc,
it served mc right. Hoisting makes u heap
ol'pe plo in this world better than they would
be without it. I's the " hoisting'- a boy gets
that makes a man of hie , and finally puts
him on the road to fame, to Congress, and
the President'.-, chair. I suppose if if. hadn't
beeu for the '. hoisting" Andrew Johnson gol
from his mother when he was a youngster, be
would'ui bc where he is. " IPustirig," fellow
citizens, does so much good, [Laughter.!
Now, what I want you to do. fellow-color
ed men of Lexington District, is to vote with
mo-vote for Democrats-vote for good men
who have your interest at heart and woa"t
deceive you-vote for those you have known
from boy-hood ; those who have tke respect of
everybody arjund them, because they are in
telligent, ju?; and truthful; and when you
get such people in ellice, woshalls.ee a change
in tr.e condition o? South Carolina that will
bein lil vou ntvl mo and every other colored
man in the S ate. In conclusion, I give you
ns the sentiment of my'heart-'-Old South
Carolina and her people."
SPF.ECII OF WILLI AN STORRS.
Before taking his seat, Pleasant asked per
mi-sion to introduce his friend, William Sierra,
a colored man (or as bc is more familiarly
known in Columbia, " Bill MeGuinness").
Bill expressed regret that. Lc was not au
orator, so that, he could say something worthy
ol'the occasion. Bat not much was expected
of an uneducated man, and he would there
fore make a few practical remarks.
He said he sympathized with the colored
m-^ti ten tie^rec-s more than he did the white
m.n? Why? Because the black mau .was
ignorant ; ai d he hated the Radical because
he was ton decrees meaner than thc meanest
n gro. Time was when thc colored pee pla
of tho State lived as well as tho white pe ?pie.
They were happy and contented. They were
industrious, and they would be so now il the
State had not beeu overrun hy carpet-bag | ,
men, who put all sorts of notions into their j *
hoads, a.,tl eteated expectadotis that never '
couid be fulliiled. The time ?us coming when |
this class Would bc lound out. Tho colored j j
people of the tip-coU' try were already begin- ' j
nui}, to learn their character, and at tho com- 1
ir.g elections he bop? d tuey would show by
their votes tba* they trusted the more in their
own people. What a preposterous idea
what a BUam.dul thought it was-thai the col- I "
oied mun ot S.'Ulh Carolina supported car- j.
pei-b-.ggers wno had beeu the means of dis- I 1
franchising one-half ol the best citizens of the jk
State. Por one, ho was thankful that when > *
he went to the bal lot-box no ignorant scala
wag could say, ignorant as hp might be, that
he shuijld uu? dL'i'Osil his vote.
tbi! sjid he was "rn favor of a qualified suf
fmge 'hat wuuld apply to all men. The idea
of political t quality to every man was as dis- j
tasteful as the idea ot' social equality, and I ,
Heaven knew there were plenty o', mean white j
men lie wuuid ne.er ask to his table. The i
time might tlev?r arrive when this condition j '
o,' ihi:.g-> would be brought about, but thc j
mure the colored man lea'ned to appreciate ?
the diff?rence between education and igno j
rance, the more vo uld bo himself d-mandi
t!.-at those below him in the scale of intelli- j
geuce aud industry should not enjoy the : 4
same privileges as the man who bad studied
and labored to achieve education ?cd prop
erty.
The renjmrka and rough humored hits made
by both these colored men caused a great
d', al of amusement, a d elicited not less of ap
probation because ot the siurdy gooi sense j
which characterized them.
From tho Caletuburg (Xv.) Herald.
A Wife Kills her li ns baud to Save the
Children.
On Sunday last, ouc Clark, who lives on
Sandy, got drunk, went home, and commenc
ed abusing his family, and kept it up until a
late hour iu the night, beating his wife,
threatening toshoot ber, thc children or some
one else before the next day. He put a gun
into the mouth of one of the children and
threatened shoat bim, but an older boy
knocked the gun away and took it from him.
ile theu sent another child some * here in the
neigbb irhood of his house (a field) to get
another gun he had lhere, loaded, ull the
time vowing he would kill some oue. While
tue child was gone, he pulled his bed ujtto
the Hour and lay dowu, when, thu aether, for
fear of her life, or thai of her children, seiz
ed an a* and struck him several blows, the
first of which proved fatal, he not moving
after being struck. The woman and her fami
ly were arrested. The evidence proved thr,t
the act was done to save herat If or children
from murder, and they were disoharged.
ti!&* The disrespectful fellow who wrote
the ludo wing, ia daily expecting au indiscrim
inate attack hi broom-sticks :
Duplex hoops and painted faces,
Patent calve* anil foreign curls,
Waterfalls and costly lace.i,
Tell too plainly what aro girls.
flgy When a good wife had prepared an ? i
excellent dinner for her husband, and he de- 1 i
dared he liked it, she said, " Well, kiss ni<\ ' <
then." " Oh, never mind that, my dear," '
was the reply, "the necessaries of lile we j
most have, but tho luxuries we can dispense ?
with.." ' j i
Mrs- Victor, latoly convicted at |
Cleveland of murdering ber brother, William <
Parquet, has been tried, convicted aud sen- (
tetieed to be hanged on August 20th. <
At Twilight.
Vi".: ?ir hy rho wio-l.-rr. my baby and I,
in tho !? ?in;? -,:n- t iighf.
Watching tln? dr.i l:m.-. .: iTwji ?ir or thc tky,
Out of tho Haslem night :
UTc sec the stars roue trtmbling out
In the track of the fallon sou,
And we feel the quiet, within and without,
That comos when thc day i? done.
What have we been doing nil day, all day,
Since the losy moruing smiled?
flaying at work and working at piny,
God help us, mother and child:
But much I fear those little hands
Have nut me lo sbarco to-day :
For God. who is earnest,-understands
Truly our work and play.
I think of kindners left undone,
That might have brightened thc day; '
Of dixies dreamed of, but nevtr begun,
Scattered along my way ;
You lie with peace in ymir \ iu'.ct eyes
You have not learned regret
For tho sorrowful years that make us wise
Have not como to my baby yet.
And still, aa I sit in this twilight hour,
At the close of a weary dr.y,
Even sorrow and sin do not quite have power
To keep a blessing away
A blessing that falls like thc dew from Leaven
Oe thc parched and thirsty ground;
And iu loving much, because much forgiven,
My deeper peace is found.
Your lifo, my baby, is just begun,
And minc is growiug old;
But wo're children both in tue ?yes of 0:.c
Whos? yeara aro all untold ;
He holds us both in His loving hand,
He pardons all our sin,
And, Ly-nnd-by, to the samp ?wcpt land
He will gently let iii in.
News and Miscellaneous Items. **
?23*" The appointment of negro cadets to
he West Point Military Academy ?9 the next
novo of the Radicals.
Mark Gruvson, tue pedestrain, left
flicbtnond, to walk to Otuafn. making sixty
democratic speeches on thc way. Thc trip
s to consume forty-seven days. He carries
i Hag marked Democracy, on the 7th, a largo
irowd followed him to the suburbs.
?2TA curious method of killing rats is
^commended in a German journal as very
i?icii?iit. A pipce ol new fir nnnsed sponge
3 cut into small piece?, which arc smeared
vith butter, an-1 placed within reach of tho
ats, next to a dish of water. The rats eat
he sponge, and becoming thirsty, drink the
vater. which swells the sponge, and in a short
imo kills the animais,*which aie found lying
lead all around.
S^" It bas been computed by som? politi.
?1 ari'hmctician t!;r,t if every man and wo
?au would work for four hours each day on
something useful, labor would produce sulli
:isnt to procure all the necessaries a::d corn
ons of life, want and mit-e.-y Would be hay
shed out of thc world, and the rest ol th*
wenty-four hour? might be leisure and pion
?ure.
ff*y The exact phraseology ol' ibo law
repealing the cotton tax having become a
natter of dispute, a certified copv of tho act
las been procured (rom Washington by. tb*
Journal ol Cominero?. The law reads, ali,
Mitten rrrown in tho United States after the
.car 18C7 shall be exempt, from internal iax,
ind cotton imported irom loreign countries
in and after November 1st, 1S08. ?hall be
.xcuipt from duty.
Gae cuttle randie in Texas is 50
niles wi extent-thc number of bead is 100.?
)<)0, and 20,000 arc sent to market every
Tar, enough to supply HIP New York mark*!
ix weeks.
jJ^gT* Rufus Ludwig, who killed bis wif.?
tfier being married to ber only eleven days,
vas hanged iu Salisbury, N. G., on tho 'lu-..-.
>f .June. He went to the scaffold smoking ;i
rigar; but when the officers offered to put
he noose around bis neck be reined vin
enlly. and a desperate struggle ensued, ten
>f the deputies attempting tu overpower bim.
L'hc noostt was finally placed around bis beek,
ind be was swung oft w.tb a muttered curs.;
or parting word.
Egj* 0:ie of G rant's shoulder strapped .. h
ons has snfpresscda Democratic newspaper in
selma, Alabama, Such is the peac?" t;:??t
bc American parody of Napoleon wu; d
.let us have.*'
B?gf Ex-Governor Hmm G. Harris is prac
icing law in Memphis. The iudictUlentagaitrSt
lim for treason in the United Staten Circuit
3ourt at Nashville has just bcc:i dismissed.
??* The salo of town lots at the location
or the new courthouse for PickeiiH county,
>n Thursday last, some twenty-five lots ?ere
?old at an average of $00 per lot. These lats,
vc believe, contain from one half lo two
icres. A number of lots yet remain una ld :
?0 those who may want to buy will yet ha--.:
t cbanee. The ccurt-house and jail buildings
ire to bo removed from old Picketts, arid put
ip at*llio new town for ?15 OOO.
??jr* General Joseph E. Johnston, late of
be Confederate service, bas received a full
lardon from the President, through the inila
ince cf Mr. Seward. This is the first pardon
ret granted to a full general in the Confcdc
ate service.
?6^? In Hamburg they have formed ? steck
?ompany with a capital of 9250,000 for ttart
n? a German colony in Florida. It U ex
pected that 20,000 North Germans can be
lirected in course of two years, which would
nake thc speculation an exceedingly success*
'ul one.
Fig trees can easily be grown from
:he cuttings or root shoots, and it is certainly
>trange that they are not planted in every lot
11 town, and farm in the country. The rig
s universally esteemed as the best of fruit,
iud the tree is long living and ornamental.
C?* A Texan murderer, who had fallen
mo the hands of. Judge Lynch, offered to
jave trouble by performing his own execu
ion. Ile thereupon climbed a tree, mad*/ a
?ery edifying and moral speech to the crowd,
naming them to profit by his examp e. put
the noose about hi', neck, tied the end of tho
rope to a stout limb aud jumped.
fi?* The rich Jap who is coming to Paris
in ?search of a pretty and virtuous wifii, is ex
pected shortly at Marseilles, in a steamsoip
that he has had built expressly for che trip.
Bc intends to settle in Paris, and wants to
buy the whole right bank of the Seine for a
palace. His income ls $30,000,000 a year.
What a blessing if we could only get him
aero-and tax him.
Tho grasshopper plague is devasiing Wes
tern Iowa in a fearful manner. A frfend who
lias just come in from Sioux City informs us
that of about. 0 .ie hundred and fifty miles
?ide, extending from Southwestern Dakota,
chiefly between the Des Moine and Missouri
rivers, to the Southwestern boundary of Iowa,
;hero will be scarcely a wheat field left- ex
unpt from total destruction by theso vermin,
rhey fill the air aud cover the ground, mak
ng a constant sonnd like that cf a heavy
?bower. They sometimes gather over night
n such myriads upon the track of tbc ratl
*oad aa to stop the train by lubricating the
irack when crushed by ti; a wheels. They
levour wheat firt,t, and afterwards take to
jats and weeds," leaving grass and other crops
:omparativoly unharmed. '.